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Date:      Sun, 13 Oct 1996 23:29:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Bob Foster <bfoster@super-highway.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: login @ password
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961013232828.261T-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199610091411.JAA00748@shell.super-highway.net>

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On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Bob Foster wrote:

>    Last night I installed freebsd via ftp site. I have it booting up ok and
> all but I have one slight problem. After several hours of scanning doc's
> and stuff I can't seem to get a new user login or administrator login .
> After a new install what login name and password do you use . Thanks,

Login as 'root', no password (unless you set one during installation).

The sysadmin's name is 'root'.  Use 'adduser' to create new users.  And
make an account for yourself and use the 'su' command if you need
superuser/administrator privileges.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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